#BE842A#BE842A

#BE842A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.124 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE842A
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 77.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 14.46, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 56.26, 75.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.035 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.124 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9066, 27.6194, 5.9460)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE842A #2A64BE

analogous

#BE3A2A #BE842A #AEBE2A

triadic

#BE842A #2ABE84 #842ABE

tetradic

#BE842A #2ABE3A #2A64BE #BE2AAE

square

#BE842A #2ABE3A #2A64BE #BE2AAE

split-complementary

#BE842A #2AAEBE #3A2ABE

monochromatic

#5A3E14 #8C611F #BE842A #D8A24D #E3BC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BE842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BE842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE842A

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE842A	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.124 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a76a',
    500: '#be842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be842a;
$custom-light: #d7a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.486,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65654,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE842A

secondary

#7899CB

accent

#82E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE842A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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